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Title: A FEW CHAPTERS FROM MY LIFE


1
A FEW CHAPTERS FROM MY LIFE
  • David Blount
  • LIBR 560Foundations of Information Technology
  • January 30, 2004
  • boojiboy_at_interchange.ubc.ca

2
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KENTUCKY
  • My family had been in Central Kentucky for
    several generations until last year when my
    parents moved further South to retire.
  • My brother and his family are the only Blounts
    that live there now.

3
KENTUCKY IS FAMOUS FOR
HORSES
WHISKEY
BASKETBALL
4
THE STATES OFFICIAL RELIGION IS UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
5
I RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
  • WHAT TO DO NEXT?
  • MORE SCHOOL TO BECOME A TEACHER IN SOUTH ASIAN
    POLITICS
  • LAW SCHOOL
  • TRAVEL AND WORK ODD JOBS


6
I DECIDED TO TRAVEL AND WORK ODD JOBS
  • MOVED TO COLORADO
  • SOLD OFFICE PRODUCTS
  • MADE FALAFELS
  • SUPERVISED THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM IN NORTH DAKOTA
    FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


7
AFTER COLORADO EVERY PLACE BECAME A BLUR
  • BACK TO KENTUCKY
  • THEN TO GEORGIA
  • BACK TO KENTUCKY
  • THEN TO TEXAS
  • BACK TO KENTUCKY
  • THEN TO CZECH REPUBLIC
  • BACK TO KENTUCKY
  • BACK TO COLORADO
  • AND FINALLY BACK TO KENTUCKY AGAIN!!!


8
FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS I MANAGED A USED BOOKSTORE
  • THE STORE WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
  • A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR THE MENTALLY IMPAIRED
  • A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR CONVICTS JUST OUT OF PRISON


9
AFTER THE BOOKSTORE WAS UNEMPLOYMENT UNTIL I
BEGAN TO SELL MY OWN BOOK COLLECTION
  • My store is called Star Rover Books in honor of
    Jack London

10
NOW IM HERE AT SLAIS
BEING BURIED BY BOOKS!
11
SEE Y'ALL LATER
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